Assembly to decide on letterDue to lack of a quorum, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly delayed a decision on a letter regarding trip limits of pollock in the state trawl fishery beginning in January. Currently, during the walleye pollock trawl fishery in Prince William Sound, fishermen are allowed to keep 300,000 pounds of pollock on their vessel per trip and tender vessels are allowed to keep up to 600,000 pounds aboard in a calendar day, ...

Tapestry: Gerald Chichenoff returns to childhood homeHome is a place that brings out the kid in you, no matter what the age. Recently visiting Kodiak with his wife, Arva, 80-year-old Gerald Chichenoff recalled going to his boyhood haunts, sledding toward the beach and walking through a stream in town that was so thick with salmon, that he kicked them with his feet. Chichenoff recalled the fateful day of Dec.7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He was 7 ye...

In the Courts: Nov. 28Caleb Amberg pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. Amberg was sentenced to 85 days in jail (82 suspended) and fined $3,000 ($1,500 suspended) and had his license revoked for 90 days and was ordered to use an ignition interlock device for 90 days after regaining the license and ordered to comply with recommendations for alcohol/substance abuse screening and placed on probation for two years. Mark Benton pl...

Teeing Off: A list of what Gizmo is thankful forSince Thanksgiving was a day ago, it makes sense to turn this into a column full of thanks. What did you expect? An investigative piece on the proper way to cook a turkey. According to San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, it is all about the texture of the turkey. I tend to gravitate more toward flavor. Gizmo doesn’t have a preference. Gizzy — the family nickname for the pup — spent his first Thanksgiving in th...

Stage and Screen: 'The Theory of Everything' about love, not physicsA theory of everything refers to a “single, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all physical aspects of the universe” (Wikipedia). As explained in the film “The Theory of Everything” such an expansive and magnificent theory would encompass the foundational theories of physics — general relativity and quantum field theory. The juxtaposition of the words...

Bears and b-boys battle it outThe Bears growled and tried their hip-hop routine, but a group of breakdancers flipped, flopped and twirled their way into the fan’s hearts packed inside the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. The girls on the Kodiak High School dance team gave it all they had, but the b-boys ultimately won in the annual holiday dance battle between the school’s two dance squads. The dance team spends countless hours p...

Election results certifiedMore than 50 percent of Alaska State House District 32 registered voters turned out for the 2014 general election, according to the certified election results. The results, which were certified Monday afternoon by the Division of Elections, gave Republican Sen.-elect Louise Stutes the win over Democrat Jerry McCune, 3,236 votes to 2,608. For State Senate District P, voters chose Sen. Gary Stevens (R-Alaska) over D...

ESS splits on tripAfter enduring a bumpy ferry ride to the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak’s Emerging Small School mix-6 volleyball squad suffered its first loss of the season to Seldovia. Seldovia downed ESS, 3-1, Thursday. It was the Sea Otters first win over the Ravens in three tries. “They just had the home-court advantage,” ESS traveling coach Courtney Kirkeby said. Despite the loss, Kirkeby credited David Reft, Rainy Bircher and Dore...

Runners prep for Turkey TrotLooking to burn a few calories before Thanksgiving dinner? Kodiak’s annual Turkey Trot 5-kilometer fun run begins at 10 a.m. at the Teen Center. The event also includes a 2-mile health walk that begins the same time as the run. Registration starts at 9:15 a.m. The race starts and ends at the Teen Center. Entry fee is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. All proceeds go the Kodiak High School cross country team’s trip t...

Public Safety Blotter: Nov. 26Nov. 9 Around 1:46 a.m., police conducted six bar checks downtown. At 3:18 p.m., police conducted a security check on Benny Benson Drive. At 3:30 a.m., police cited a driver in the Delaroff Avenue and Mission Road area for having no proof of insurance. At 3:45 a.m., police gave a driver on Von Scheele Way a driving advisement. At 3:57 a.m., after a traffic offense on Mission Road, police arrested a woman on suspic...